The plums are golden and the apricots are fat, and the wheat flowers and white cauliflower are sparse. ——Fan Chengda's "Pastoral Miscellany of the Four Seasons·Part 2"

The children and grandchildren have not yet been asked to farm and weave, and they also learn to grow melons near the mulberry tree. ——Fan Chengda's "Summer Pastoral Miscellany·Part 7"

Working in the fields during the day and planting hemp at night, the children of the village are responsible for their own affairs. ——Fan Chengda's "Summer Pastoral Miscellany Part 7"

No one passes the fence during the long day, only dragonflies and butterflies fly. ——Fan Chengda's "Four Occasions Pastoral Miscellany·Part 2"

It keeps raining and I don't know when spring is gone, but when it clears up, I feel that summer is deep. —— Fan Chengda's "Happiness in the Sky"